Somedays I am more wolf than woman. And I am still learning how to stop apologizing for my wild.
NIKITA GILLI had hoped one day to find someone who loves my monsters, the wolves that I feed, the demons I sing to sleep, the tiger that is my caged heart, the parts of me I do not talk about. I prayed and wished and yearned until I realized that I had already found her within me.
More Nikita Gill Quotes
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You are not his princess. You are your own queen.
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There are graveyards inside you made of people that made you ache, made of memories that you barely survived made of trauma and heartbreak. These graveyards need to become gardens where you plant flowers that blossom, for you to let go.
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There is a knowing in her, she hears them say, that makes her untamable. She has known since she was a child that she is observant in a way that makes them uncomfortable.
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In human beings, a black hole is spending your energy loving someone who takes all of your love and gives back nothing in return.
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Why be a half-finished poem in some forgotten poet’s story, when one can be an odyssey in and of herself, part magic, part villain, part Goddess, part lover.
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It makes them feel a little free, to kiss something dangerous on the mouth.
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Perhaps magic is in the habit of choosing sharp-eyed girls who ask too many questions for their own good. Perhaps it chooses girls who are not unloved, but not fully loved either.
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Even without him, you can bring down monsters. Believe me. You can still bring down monsters.
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Every woman is both match and spark, a light for each other from the dark.
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The deepest love you can ever have is the love you have for yourself.
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Some people will always taste like fire and leave the ones that love them tasting like ash.
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What if I told you your damage doesn’t define you and the way you survive is no one’s damned business?
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Every time a man takes from a woman’s body without her permission, he is disrespecting the womb from which he was born, he is defiling the place that protected him when he was at his most defenseless.
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Nothing will come of forcing yourself to compete your way out of trauma.
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Everyone has forgotten that Lucifer was beautiful too and God’s favorite till he fell.
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I am more powerful than I am damaged and I will rise from any abyss you drown me in.
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Forgive her for how her agony reveals itself, child. This is how blood magic works. Unconditional never meant perfect anyway.
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Maybe magic ends with me and it will never cross your path, but I want you to remember that survival is an art. The world is falsehood so you rely on your smarts.
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Heroes are never born fearless. They become heroes by facing their fears, by meeting them head on and saying, ‘You do not control me, or own me anymore.
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Become fluent in the language of letting go. Learn to give people up before they hurt you beyond repair.
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That growth is simply learning how to suffer, gracefully, elegantly constantly moving and travelling without letting your pain tear you apart.
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Without heartache there are no lessons to gain.
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Teach your daughters their battle cries are needed far more than their silence and hear them deafen the world with their fearlessness.
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I hope you find someone who knows how to love you when you are sad.
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We remember that family is not just those of blood. But also those we choose to love.
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And they didn’t spend years painting your soul into masterpiece-like existence for you to waste it on someone who doesn’t appreciate you.
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